Holidays at the Grove

Holiday Crafts - Salt Clay Ornaments

Self Hardening Salt Clay

11/2 cup Salt

4 cups flour

11/2 cups water

1 tea. alum (as a preservative if clay is not baked)

Can get it at a major supermarket in the spice isle

1. Mix the dry ingredients together in a plastic bowl, then add water gradually

2. When dough forms a ball around the soon, knead the dough will adding water if it is too crumbly.

3. This clay can also be baked. Set the over to 300 and bake small shapes for 30-40 minutes or until hard

Ty's First Play date

Juliet hugging the tree at school.

I love this picture.

Potato Prints for wrapping paper

We decided to make our annual homemade wrapping paper.

Materials:

New Potatoes

Grocery paper bags

Paint

Cut the potato in half, use a marker and draw the shape, cut it out with an exacto blade, and use a knife around the perimeter of potato, and cut to the outline. Put paint on paper plates, and start stamping. Juliet had so much fun.

Cari visited with little Monet